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Saturday, 21 April 2012

Saturday Story Time – Wisdom in the Food Court

In about 1987, I was on my lunch-break from Forest of Jewels
at Heritage Mall.It may be hard to
envision (since the mall has since been torn-down) but the food court was so
busy that there were no empty tables to be had.I gladly agreed for a young mother with her newborn to join me.We got to talking, and she came to tell me
how her and her husband had been waiting for the right time to start their
family.

The right time for them had been about having job security,
their home prepared, being a certain age, and achieving certain financial
goals.When they realized that they
wanted a baby more than they wanted all of those other things, they delayed no
further.She told me that they were glad
that they didn’t wait for “perfect timing,” because it may have never been
completely perfect.

If you’re receiving this message, you’re a small
businessperson or working for one.Entrepreneurs constantly analyze their businesses and make decisions
based upon their best-guesses-for-successes.Even if the timing is not PERFECT, an
entrepreneur is someone does not shy away from taking action.

Andrew Foster mentioned to me how he appreciates the
“calls-to-action” that I have included in my writing.From here forward, I’ll use the abbreviation
“C2A” whenever I urge you to try something.My C2A for today is to write
down three things that you know you want to do in your life or business.Then prioritize them 1st, 2nd
and 3rd.Then put a deadline
for decision on each.

If you actually do this, it will do three things.Firstly it’s a gut-check that gives you
visceral feedback about committing to this course of action.Second, it gives you a deadline, and if
you’re like me you hate to let a deadline pass without taking action.And thirdly by prioritizing, you might discover
that the item you are most excited about doing, gets superseded by something
more important.

I’m glad I thought about that new mom in the food court when
I made the decision to buy Jana’s engagement ring.I wasn’t settled into a career and I didn’t
have money in the bank.The timing
wasn’t the greatest, but it was the right thing to do.May 5th will be our 22nd
anniversary, and I’m still glad that I did the right thing rather waiting for
ideal timing.